Whole blood mercury and selenium concentrations in a selected Austrian population: Does gender matter?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-86

  Gundacker, Claudia ^a   Komarnicki, Günter ^b   Zödl, Bettina ^b   Forster, Christian ^a   Schuster, Ernst ^b   Wittmann, Karl ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol consumption; Amalgam fillings; Chronic disease; Education level; Fish consumption; Mercury; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DISEASES; EDUCATION; MERCURY AMALGAMS; SELENIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMALGAM FILLINGS; CHRONIC DISEASES; EDUCATION LEVEL; FISH CONSUMPTION;

HEALTH CARE;

AMALGAM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SEX HORMONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BLOOD; GENDER; HEALTH AND PATHOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED WINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH FILLING; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRIA; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

HYDRIDA;

EID: 33751020227     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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